Is Affirmation the Cure? Self-Affirmation and European-Americans’ Perception of Systemic Racism

IF 2.5 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Tara L. Lesick, Ethan Zell
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Abstract Racial-ethnic gaps in perception of racism are persistent in the United States, perhaps because the acknowledgement of racism is threatening to European Americans. Supporting this argument, preliminary research indicates that self-affirmation boosts European Americans’ perception of racism and reduces the gap between European and Hispanic Americans’ perception of racism. Although promising, these studies were limited by relatively low statistical power and no subsequent studies have assessed their robustness. We conducted 3 pre-registered experiments testing the effect of self-affirmation on perception of racism. Surprisingly, self-affirmation failed to increase European Americans’ perception of racism (Study 1–3). Further, self-affirmation failed to reduce the gap between European and African Americans’ perception of racism (Study 3). Our results challenge the notion that self-affirmation reliably alters perception of racism. Discussion highlights methodological, cultural, and historical differences between studies that may explain discrepancies in results.
肯定是治愈方法吗?自我肯定与欧裔美国人对系统性种族主义的认知
在美国,种族与民族在种族主义认知上的差距一直存在,这可能是因为承认种族主义对欧裔美国人构成了威胁。为了支持这一观点,初步研究表明,自我肯定增强了欧裔美国人对种族主义的认知,缩小了欧裔美国人与西班牙裔美国人对种族主义认知的差距。虽然这些研究很有希望,但由于统计能力相对较低,因此没有后续研究评估其稳健性。我们进行了3个预注册实验来测试自我肯定对种族主义认知的影响。令人惊讶的是,自我肯定并没有增加欧裔美国人对种族主义的看法(研究1-3)。此外,自我肯定并不能缩小欧洲裔和非裔美国人对种族主义认知的差距(研究3)。我们的研究结果挑战了自我肯定可靠地改变种族主义认知的观点。讨论强调了研究之间的方法、文化和历史差异,这些差异可能解释了结果的差异。
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期刊介绍: Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) emphasizes the publication of outstanding research articles, but also considers literature reviews, criticism, and methodological or theoretical statements spanning the entire range of social psychological issues. The journal will publish basic work in areas of social psychology that can be applied to societal problems, as well as direct application of social psychology to such problems. The journal provides a venue for a broad range of specialty areas, including research on legal and political issues, environmental influences on behavior, organizations, aging, medical and health-related outcomes, sexuality, education and learning, the effects of mass media, gender issues, and population problems.
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